XIII, c,i Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 61 



mm longis, prominente ciliatis, 3 mm longis; floribus 13 mm 

 longis, calycis lobis 5, linearis, ciliatis, tenuiter acuminatis, 

 circiter 6 mm longis. 



A prostrate herb from a thickened woody root, the primary 

 branches up to 30 cm long, rooting at the lower nodes, the branch- 

 lets and ends of the primary branches erect or ascending, all 

 parts except the corolla prominently hirsute with stiff, pale or 

 pale-yellowish hairs, those on the upper surface of the leaves 

 from thickened bases, the branches terete or very obscurely 

 4-angled. Leaves of each pair somewhat unequal, elliptic to 

 oblong, subcoriaceous, dull-olivaceous, 1.5 to 3 cm long, 7 to 

 13 mm wide, acute at both ends or the apex obtuse, margins 

 entire to obscurely and irregularly crenate, both surfaces prom- 

 inently hirsute, the upper surface pustulate, the cystoliths not 

 evident ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib, obcure ; 

 petioles densely hirsute, 2 to 3 mm long. Spikes sessile or shortly 

 peduncled, dense, ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long; bracts imbricate, 

 oblong to oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, prominently hirsute 

 on both surfaces, 10 to 12 mm long; bracteoles filiform, prom- 

 inently ciliate, 3 mm long. Calyx-tube about 2 mm long, the 

 lobes linear, prominently ciliate, 6 mm long, slenderly acuminate, 

 one slightly longer than the other four. Corolla 13 mm long, 

 externally sparingly pubescent with short hairs. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27258 Ramos, March 

 16, 1917, on rocks along streams, flowers white. 



A species well characterized by its comparatively small, rather densely 

 hirsute, obscurely nerved leaves which are pustulate on the upper surface; 

 its dense, ovoid spikes; prominently hirsute bracts; and filiform bracteoles. 



HEMIGRAPHIS PAUCIFLORA sp. nov. 



Herba erecta, simplex vel parce ramosa, usque ad 30 cm alta, 

 partibus junioribus et foliis et bracteis albido-hirsutis ; foliis 

 in paribus subaequalibus, anguste oblongis, membranaceis vel 

 chartaceis, olivaceis, utrinque acutis vel apice obtusis, margine 

 leviter crenatis, usque ad 4.5 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 4, obscuris, utrinque hirsutis, pagina superiore cystolithis dis- 

 tinctis inspersis ; spicis solitariis, terminalibus, 1 ad 2 cm longis, 

 paucifioris; floribus violaceis, 17 mm longis; bracteis foliaceis, 

 oblongis, hirsutis, 8 ad 14 mm longis, obtusis. 



An erect, slender, simple or sparingly branched herb 20 to 30 

 cm high, rather prominently white-hirsute, the stems below te- 

 rete, glabrous or slightly scabrid, the younger parts sulcate or 

 somewhat angled, hirsute. Leaves of each pair subequal, 

 narrowly oblong, 3 to 4.5 cm long, 10 to 13 mm wide, olivaceous 



